TY - ADVS ED - Ayala Museum Research Team TI - Limasawa Island KW - Land forms KW - Southern Leyte KW - 1973 KW - 31 march 1521 KW - amrt KW - Canigao Channel KW - fist mass KW - leyte del sur KW - Malitbog KW - Panaon Island KW - Sogod Bay KW - southern leyte KW - visayas N1 - A view of the five-square mile island at the southern end of Leyte from Malit-bog. The first recorded Mass in the Orient was celebrated in Limasawa on 31 March 1521, Easter Sunday, by Fr. Pedro de Valderrama, a secular priest from Ecija. Partly shown on right is Panaon Island UR - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/GE/GE00435a.jpg UR - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/GE/GE00435a.jpg UR - http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=GE00435 ER -